Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Card, Greeting |
Date |
1911 postmark |
Title |
May This Christmas Be Your Happiest Christmas |
Description |
Greeting card (holiday postcard). Black and white printed illustration of poinsettia flowers. Printed inscription "MAY / THIS CHRISTMAS / BE YOUR / HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS"; fine print at lower left: "Copyright - 1911 0 G.A. Co." Reverse side is addressed to "Miss Alice Austen / Clifton / Staten Island" and has handwritten note, "With best wishes / from / Amy S. [illegible]". Reverse also has printed headings and publisher information "Copyright 1911, G. A. Co., Cin.". Postmarked in New York, Dec. 22, 1911. Postage stamp value is one cent. (Keywords: Floral, Holiday, Twentieth Century, New York City) |
Acquisition |
From Alice Austen |
Ownership and History |
This card is part of a collection of personal items that came to the Staten Island Historical Society from photographer Alice Austen in 1945. |
Earliest Date |
1911 |
Latest Date |
1911 |
Material |
Paper |
Subjects |
Christmas cards Flowers Postcards Ephemera Holidays |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Austen, E. Alice |
Catalog Number |
45.002.0030 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, January 2015. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |